2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 1:19 PM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 219 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT) MOST OF HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONCENTRATED IN VICINITY OF SHORTWAVE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS ACROSS OUR AREA AT THIS TIME. EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY WILL SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET EXCEPT NEAR THE SHORTWAVE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER. WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS THERE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS WELL AS IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS PROVIDING ENOUGH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. .SHORT TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... WITH WARMING AND MOISTURE IN LOW LEVELS AND WEAK DIVERGENCE ALOFT UNTIL THE TROUGH PASSES FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF PRECIPITATION THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE WARMEST DAY SHOULD BE THURSDAY AFTER THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THINS OUT SOME ALLOWING SUNSHINE AND WARMING IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. AFTER THE FRONT AND TROUGH MOVE EAST OF THE AREA RIDGING WILL SETTLE IN BRINGING A DRY PERIOD. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 122 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005) AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. THREW IN A TEMPO GROUP MOST SITES 21-24Z FOR POSSIBILITY. EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY WILL SUBSIDE AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FOG TOWARD MORNING FOR AREAS THAT SEE SOME RAINFALL. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1156 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005) LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... KEEPING PRECIPITATION OUT OF NEW EXTENDED. RIDGE OVER SE U.S. SETTING UP STRONG. THIS WILL KEEP ANY WAVES PASSING THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW PUSHED OFF TO OUR NORTHWEST. CARRYING TEMPERATURES RANGING THRU THE 80S. HOWEVER...AS THE PERIOD APPROACHES IF THE PATTERN IS CORRECT WE MAY SEE TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 90S THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 547 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005) AVIATION... WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS...ALTHOUGH GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THE STORMS. AREAS THAT RECEIVE PRECIPITATION TODAY CAN EXPECT SOME FOG TONIGHT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 400 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... LOTS OF MOISTURE OVER THE REGION TODAY WITH NO CAP. EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS. MAV GUIDANCE HAS BEEN TOO LOW LATELY...SO WILL GO CLOSER TO FWC GUIDANCE. IF LOCATIONS RECEIVE SHOWERS TOO EARLY TODAY HOWEVER...COOLER NUMBERS MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE. LONG TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY EVENING AND THEN AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE DAY TIME HEATING AND THE WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES SLOWLY SLIDES EASTWARD. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THE TROUGH AXIS SHOULD HAVE SLID EAST OF THE REGION WITH THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND INFLOW EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS TO LESS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL SLIDE INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH A SURGE OF WARM AIR PUSHING INTO THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. 850 TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO AROUND 20C TO 22C BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE SURFACE MOISTURE HOLDS TIGHT...SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL PUSH IN. IF THE SURFACE DEW POINTS HOLD IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70...THE INSTABILITY FROM DAY TIME HEATING COULD SEE CAPES APPROACH 2500 TO 3000 J/KG. THE QUESTION AT THAT POINT WILL BE WHAT WILL TRIGGER CONVECTION. THERE MAY BE A WEAK CAP WHICH COULD HOLD BACK THE CONVECTION INITIALLY...BUT SOME THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH THE DRYING ALOFT...THE STAGE COULD BE SET FOR SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY RAINFALL. THURSDAY DOES BEAR WATCHING FOR SOME SCATTERED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLY. THE COLD FRONT THAT HAS BEEN FORECAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS LOOKS AS IF IT WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...BOTH THE GFS AND NAM HAVE A SIMILAR TIMING. THE TIMING OF THE PASSAGE COULD LIMIT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME. THE FRONT GOING THROUGH WILL PROBABLY NOT HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY HOWEVER AS 850 TEMPS ARE STILL 16C TO 18C FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL TAKE UNTIL SATURDAY BEFORE THE COOLER AIR IS FELT. FOR TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY PLAYED MORE TOWARD THE WARM SIDE OF THE GUIDANCE AS THAT HAS BEEN THE TREND AND SEE LITTLE REASON TO DEVIATE FROM THAT PATTERN. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS HOWEVER COULD BE THE ONE STICKING POINT HOWEVER FOR WEDNESDAY AS ANY SHOWER THAT DEVELOPS EARLY IN THE DAY COULD CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN COOLER. BUT AT THIS POINT...THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN ABOVE THE GUIDANCE NUMBERS THROUGH FRIDAY. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 330 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-291000- ATHENS OH-BARBOUR WV-BOONE WV-BOYD KY-BRAXTON WV-BUCHANAN VA- CABELL WV-CALHOUN WV-CARTER KY-CLAY WV-DICKENSON VA-DODDRIDGE WV- FAYETTE WV-GALLIA OH-GILMER WV-GREENUP KY-HARRISON WV-JACKSON WV- JACKSON OH-KANAWHA WV-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-LEWIS WV-LINCOLN WV- LOGAN WV-MASON WV-MCDOWELL WV-MEIGS OH-MINGO WV-MORGAN OH- NICHOLAS WV-PERRY OH-PLEASANTS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV- RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV- VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WAYNE WV-WEBSTER WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV- WYOMING WV- 330 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 325 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 KYZ102-282219- CARTER KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAYSON 325 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER SQUIRE CREEK...KISER BRANCH...BIG SINKING CREEK...AND LITTLE SINKING CREEK. EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO RISE QUICKLY...TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST 515 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 OHZ066-067-282325- MORGAN OH-PERRY OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY EAST OVER PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 6:30 PM. STEADY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREETS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
457 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005
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0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W STONEWALL JACKSON L 39.01N 80.56W
06/28/2005 LEWIS WV TRAINED SPOTTER
1 TREE DOWN ON HOUSE
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KFThe Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Downpours from a few slow moving thunderstorms affected the extreme western portion of the county. Fink Creek flooded and damaged Route 11, but no dwellings were affected.
Slow moving thunderstorms dumped over 3 inches of rain in less than 90 minutes over a portion of the Cove Creek basin, and along the smaller Bloody Run. An unofficial report of 4.5 inches of rain was measured along Big Run. A walk bridge was washed out along Big Run. Yet, property damage was more significant along Bloody Run. Water washed out a section of Route 47. Water got into about 4 garages and 1 mobile home. One private bridge was damaged. The flooding would have been more severe, but the ground was dry prior to the downpour.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5456286, 5456285.